Name: Blennothrix ganeshii Watanabe and Komárek 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ga.ne’shi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ganeshii, of the elephant-headed God Ganesh because of its prominent tube-like, trunk-shaped sheaths

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: BLEN-no-thrix ga-NE-s͡hi-i, feminine

Holotype: TNS 53354

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Komárek J. New Blennothrix-species (Cyanophyceae/Cyanobacteria) from Nepal. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B (Bot.) 1989; 15:74.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Blennothrix Kützing ex Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Komárek J. New Blennothrix-species (Cyanophyceae/Cyanobacteria) from Nepal. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B (Bot.) 1989; 15:74.

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Record number: 40460

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